Kansas 2025-2026 Regular Session

Kansas Senate Bill SR1723

Introduced
1/28/26  
Passed
1/28/26  
Enrolled
1/29/26  

Caption

Congratulating and commending the members of the 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year team.

Summary

Senate Resolution No. 1723 is a ceremonial resolution honoring the members of the 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year team. It recognizes the Kansas State Department of Education’s Teacher of the Year program, which identifies exemplary elementary and secondary educators and uses them as ambassadors to promote school improvement, student achievement, and the teaching profession. The resolution notes that finalists were selected from each of Kansas’s four congressional districts, that the overall Teacher of the Year receives the Hubbard Foundation Kansas Teacher of the Year Ambassadorship, and that the honoree is also nominated to represent Kansas in the National Teacher of the Year program. The resolution specifically commends 2026 Kansas Teacher of the Year Rachel Marlow of Olathe USD 233 and the regional finalists: Tracie Betz, Jason Peters, Susan Rogers, Lauren Sage, Julie Smith, Troy St. Clair, and Tranda Strnad. It also references the awards banquet held on September 21, 2025, and the cash rewards and mementos given to the honorees. As a Senate resolution, it does not create or amend law; instead, it serves as an official legislative expression of appreciation and recognition.

Impact

SR 1723 has no regulatory or fiscal effect on state law, statutes, or agency authority. It does not amend the Kansas Statutes Annotated, change education policy, or impose obligations on school districts or educators. Its practical impact is limited to formal legislative recognition of the Kansas Teacher of the Year program and the named educators, while reinforcing the visibility of the Kansas State Department of Education’s teacher recognition efforts.

Sentiment

The sentiment surrounding the resolution is strongly positive and celebratory. The bill text itself is laudatory, and there is no indication of opposition, controversy, or divided votes in the provided context. The resolution reflects broad institutional support for recognizing outstanding teachers and promoting the teaching profession in Kansas.

Contention

There are no notable points of contention in the provided materials. No committee discussion, amendments, or recorded votes are included, and the measure is a noncontroversial honorary resolution. The only substantive details are the identities of the honorees and the structure of the Teacher of the Year program, which are presented as matters of commendation rather than debate.

Companion Bills

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Previously Filed As

KS HB2002

Expanding medical assistance eligibility and enacting the cutting healthcare costs for all Kansans act.

KS SCR1602

Approving the creation of a port authority in Wyandotte County Kansas.

KS SR1702

A resolution honoring the life, career and trailblazing achievements of Kansas icon Ed Dwight.

KS HB2001

Authorizing the secretary of commerce to enter into agreements with major professional sports franchises to establish STAR bond projects for a major professional sports complex, providing for additional revenue sources, expanding the powers and discretion of the secretary and making other changes to the STAR bonds financing act to facilitate such projects, limiting the secretary’s authority to approve such projects to one year unless extended by the legislative coordinating council, authorizing the Kansas development finance authority to issue STAR bonds for such projects, transferring funds under certain circumstances from the state gaming revenues fund to the attracting professional sports to Kansas fund for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and, if approved by the legislative coordinating council, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026.

KS SCR1603

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for residential property.

KS SCR1604

Proposing to amend section 1 of article 11 of the constitution of the state of Kansas to limit property tax valuation increases for real property and personal property mobile homes.

KS SB1

Modifying income tax rates for individuals, exempting all social security benefits from Kansas income tax, increasing the Kansas standard deduction and the Kansas personal exemption, increasing the income tax credit amount for household and dependent care expenses, decreasing the privilege tax normal tax, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value for property tax valuation purposes, increasing the extent of property tax exemption for residential property from the statewide school levy, providing for certain transfers to the state school district finance fund and abolishing the local ad valorem tax reduction fund and the county and city revenue sharing fund.

KS SR1703

Recognizing November 14, 2024, as Ruby Bridges Walk to School Day.

KS SB8

Exempting the sale of firearms, firearms accessories, ammunition, firearm safes and firearm safety devices from the retatilers' sales tax.

KS HB2003

Establishing the veterans' valor property tax relief act providing for an income tax credit or refund for eligible individuals, modifying the definition of household income and increasing the appraised value threshold for eligibility of seniors and disabled veterans related to increased property tax claims and citing the section as the homeowners' property tax freeze program, providing property tax exemptions for certain personal property including watercraft, marine equipment, off-road vehicles, motorized bicycles and certain trailers, excluding internal revenue code section 1031 exchange transactions as indicators of fair market value, providing for certain exclusions from the prohibition of paying taxes under protest after a valuation notice appeal and providing four prior years' values on the annual valuation notice.

Similar Bills

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